Prime Minister Narendra Modi will digitally lay foundation stones for Rs 5,555 million rural drinking water supply projects in Mirzapur and Sonbhadra districts of Uttar Pradesh on Sunday.
Upon completion within two years, the two projects will provide piped water supplies to more than 42 lakh people in 2,995 villages in the two districts of the Vindhyachal region which, together with Bundelkhand, is among the areas with the greatest water shortages. water from India.
After inaugurating the projects via video conference, Prime Minister Modi will also interact with members of the water and sanitation committee from various villages in the two districts, the Uttar Pradesh government said in a statement on Saturday.
In all the project beneficiary villages, the Uttar Pradesh government had previously formed water and sanitation committees whose members will take responsibility for operating and maintaining water supply lines and systems.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will also be present on the occasion, the government statement added.
The Uttar Pradesh government said that once the project goes live, villagers in the Vindhya region will no longer have to fight for clean water and rural women will be spared their arduous tasks of fetching water from miles away.
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